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Record Changes

Tracks each change that is made in the current document by author and date.

To access this command...

Choose Edit - Track Changes - Record.

On the Track Changes toolbar, click

Record Changes

If you choose Edit - Track Changes - Show, the lines containing changed text passages are indicated by a vertical line in the left page margin. You can set the properties of the vertical line and the other markup elements by choosing Office Writer - Changes in the Options dialogue box.

You can set the properties of the markup elements by choosing Office Calc - Changes in the Options dialogue box.

The following changes are tracked when the record changes command is active:

  • Paste and delete text.

  • Move paragraphs.

  • Sort text.

  • Find and replace text.

  • Insert attributes that are one character wide, for example, fields and footnotes.

  • Insert sheets, ranges.

  • Insert document.

  • Insert AutoText.

  • Insert from clipboard.

  • Change cell contents by insertions and deletions.

  • Insert or delete columns and rows.

  • Insert sheets.

  • Cut, copy and paste through the clipboard.

  • Move by dragging-and-dropping.

When the record changes command is active, you cannot delete, move, merge, split, or copy cells or delete sheets.